Light from the sun reaches us in nearly

The mean distance from the Earth to the Sun is roughly $1.496\times 10^8\text{km}$. Traveling at the universal speed of light ($c\approx 3\times 10^5\text{km/s}$), the time taken is:
$$t=\frac{1.496\times 10^8}{3\times 10^5}\approx 499\text{seconds}$$

Converting this to minutes:

$$\frac{499}{60}\approx 8.31\text{minutes}$$

Hence, starlight or sunlight requires approximately $8$ minutes to traverse the spatial separation and arrive on Earth.